Violin.



H. WATTY.

VIOLIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-31. I912.

1 ,1 84,22 1. Patented May 23, 1916.

um a W- l iilm JNVENTOR HEDLEY WATTY, 0F PATCHOGUE, NEW YORK.

VIOLIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed August 31, 1912. Serial No. 718,079.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, IIEDLEY INATTY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Patchogue, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Violins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to musical instruments and has to do more particularly with improvements in the means for amplifying the sound produced from string instruments, such means including a sound box or casing and a transmission member for transmitting vibrations to a diaphragm.

It is one of the objects of this invention to more accurately and sensitively transmit the vibrations from the string to the diaphragm and therefore it is one of the objects of the invention to provide a transmission member which may be secured to the string in such a manner as to take the place of the usual bridge.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention relates to such details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several-views, and in which 2- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof showing the horn removed. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view, and Fig. at is a vertical sectional view showing the diaphragm and a portion of the horn in detail. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the transmission bar which connects the diaphragm to the string.

In the accompanying drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my in vention, the numeral 10 designates the body of the violin which is preferably constructed from a wood similar to that provided in the construction of violins. While this form of body portion has been shown, it is to be realized that I do not limit myself to this,

and that other forms can be provided and used as well.

A neck 11, which is curved at its end as shown at 12, is provided with a plurality of transversely disposed frets 13, and is connected with the body. The neck has extending vertically therethrough a tuning pin 1% about which is fastened one end of a string 15, the latter having its other end secured to a tail piece 16 carried upon the body.

The above mentioned elements constitute broadly the violin portion of the device, and the elements hereinafter appearing have relation to the improvement constituting my invention.

A diaphragm sound box or casing having a base 17, is mounted upon the body portion 10 and carries therein a sleeve of rubber 18; the latter serves to support a diaphragm 19. Projecting upwardly from the base portion and directly above the upper portion of the diaphragm is a horn 20 which serves to amplify the sound. A transmission bar 21 has one of its ends secured to the diaphragm, as at 22, the other end thereof being in direct connection with the string, as at 23, to serve as a bridge and to transmit the vibrations of the string to the diaphragm. A pair of lugs 24: extend outwardly from the base and support a resilient plate 25, the said plate extending between said lugs and yieldingly supporting the transmission bar :21.

From the above, it is thought that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily comprehended.

I desire to be understood that I may make slight changes in the construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, provided, however, such changes fall within scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

A violin including a body, a string mounted thereon, a sound box carried by said body and having an opening in its periphery, a diaphragm in the sound box, and an amplifying horn engaging over the a transmission bar carried by the sound box opening in the periphery of the sound box.

having one of its ends in engagement with 1 7 the diaphragm and the opposite end in di- HLDLEY ATrl rect connection With the string of the vio- Vitnesses:

lin to serve as a bridge and to transmit MILTON Gr. VIGGINS,

Vibrations of the string to the diaphragm, BESSIE E. WIGGINS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner or Eaten". Washington, D. C. 

